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Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 4:40PM
ok, so i was in the car today with a friend of mine who is also European and we was having a good old chin wag bout the American language.

Now this post is not intended to piss people off etc, infact i'm sure you'll find it fun.

Here is what we came up with in the car which we was laughing our tits off at, words and phrases used allot:

Zuuup Duuude
Totally
That's rad man
Awesome
Hell yeah
My bad
That's the shit there
Zup mama
(one which i found funny was in a birthday card i sent to England, and it said "Have a super day")

there was loads more, but can't remember them..
its funny cos whenever i'm on set, either the talent or the crew put on their English voice, or take the piss and its funny to see them try... so now if you all can, give me a list on what you think the Europeans say allot..
Here's one, Prague area... "oh yaaar feels sooo good yar, i'm gonna cum, nor, yar... feels good".
to be honest cant think of any English ones to use, so do help me out here... lol

Speak soon
Pops xx

Twiki
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bidibidibidibidi
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 4:55PM
How about this one:

"having a good old chin wag"

Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 4:57PM
Hey, i had to start you off somewhere... and chin wag is so british... hehehe
ma meeshka
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 7:25PM
oh, yes, quite.
would you like a cup of tea?
oh, dear.
my stars!
golly gosh.
take a brolly.
bloody hell.
the unknown pervert
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 7:36PM
It's not language but it qualifies someway under cultural differences. I was both amused and confused a few years back when a busload of French tourists stopped to take pictures of my Kansas license plate in Capital Reef National Park.
 
gia jordan
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 7:41PM
My friend from Belgium laughs when I say 'hella tired' and end sentences with 'and what not.'
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 8:03PM
Don't be cheeky!

Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 8:29PM
One does not
Nor do i choose
One lump or two dear

cushty mushty
lovely chubbly

fuck off

spot on
have it
go on my son

all english

american version if u will?

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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 8:34PM
Fuck off is pretty universal I think

The tea one might be the same in the south where a lot of tea is drank if I'm not mistaken.

Exactly= spot on

Good ones Poppy

Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 8:47PM

anyone else care to discuss the difference between ones culture ? hehehehehe

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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 10:06PM
We think are bums and are fannies are the same thing.

Roger means something in England other than "understand", but I'm not sure what. I'll have to go look it up.

Shag is more than a dance to you, it's a horizontal bop!

nietzsche
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 10:09PM
In the US "smoking a fag" means something rather different than in the UK.
Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 1:27AM
roger = to fuck someone really hard / give it to them good

shag = just to have a fuk then basically fuck off

a few more...

aye lad
not half
fuck that for a game of darts
that aint cricket it is

come on, i want some more American phrases...

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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 1:36AM
If you go on my MySpace you can hear Isabel Ice reciting a few Americanisms to a DJ beat. Courtesy of a UK fan with some mixing skillz.

[invalid URL removed]skronk page

Or check out her Podcast for the non-chopped and screwed version.

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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 1:47AM
You REALLY need to get out of California.
 
matchmaker
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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 2:14AM
Yep. Something that everybody in the world can share ... the gift of swearing.
the unknown pervert
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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 2:49AM
Just go back and read any of Cobalt's posts.
ipop
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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 3:05AM
When "you lot" say you got pissed last night, it has quite a different meaning.

wank
bollocks
arse
mum
blimey
cheeky
chuffed
chav
bloke
snookered

toodle pip!


Oh, you want Americanisms? Y'all come back now!

Edited by - ipop on 9/1/2006 3:07:44 AM

the unknown pervert
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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 3:36AM
I can't believe no one has mentioned "Get er Done"
K
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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 1:23PM
"Mind the gap"
Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 6:41PM
toodle pip? who the fuck says that...u nutter..

it aint half bad
fancy a cuppa
my fav "fancy a brew"

Ricola
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Posted - Sep 1 2006 : 10:10PM
Here's one: I wouldn't throw HER out of bed for eating crackers!

This actually got me in trouble back in the '80s...was watching TV with the GF and Sheena Easton came on. I said that phrase...and then she asks me..."would you throw ME out of bed for eating crackers?" and I said "What kind of crackers?".

That was a chilly night right there, I tell you what.

ma meeshka
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 3:33AM
just watch a half hour of jamie oliver or a guy ritchie movie and you'll get the english vernacular 'down pat'.
john thomas
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 7:49AM
That's the cleaned-up version. "I wouldn't throw her out of bed for farting" is the version you more usually hear round my way.
kierkegaard
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 7:54AM
[stupid question] What does a "benny" mean in British slang [stupid question}? In other words, "Gareth is a Benny."
 
ma meeshka
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 7:58AM
gareth is a wally.
john thomas
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 8:07AM
There was a British tv soap opera called 'Crossroads' that ran in the seventies and eighties. One of the most popular and enduring characters was Benny Hawkins a dim-witted handyman. From him "benny" became perjorative slang for anyone perceived as being a little simple-minded.
After the Falklands War, British troops stationed on the islands took to calling the locals "bennys". The authorities issued an order against this, so the soldiers took to refering to the locals as "stills" instead. Why? Because they were "still bennys".
kierkegaard
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 9:06AM
JT, you rule!

Kierkegaard.

Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 12:05PM
Also a benny in English slang means throw a wobbler.., stamp your feet cos u dont agree with something.. u know
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 12:51PM
Tasty bit of crumpet ...
Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 7:44PM
one more

english

u taking the piss

what a fucking liberty

fancy a night out on the raz / or as the southerners say fancy going out for a piss up

ok more than one but hey,

x

Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 7:46PM
cant believe i forgot this one!

fucking A

american right?

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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 9:20PM
Oi!
Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 9:42PM
What?
kierkegaard
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 9:43PM
Isn't to "wind someone up" British slang for messing with someone?

Does bollocks = bullshit?

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Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 9:48PM
bollocks means (in my northern lingo) fuck off your kidding me... your a liar..

dogs bollocks on the other hand means AWESOME! Best thing ever..

winding me up, yeah messing with someone... joking

john thomas
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 9:53PM
C'mon mate, yer havin' a giraffe, in't yer?
Poppy Morgan x
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Posted - Sep 2 2006 : 10:12PM
giraffe?.... WHOA dude, dont know what u been watching.. but whoa.. ok... i've never heard anyone say that... hehehehe funny tho
john thomas
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Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 6:30AM
I recently learnt that the French refer to the English as les fuckoffs ! So perhaps we do have a special claim on that universal expression, through sheer frequency of use I suppose.
Eric381
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Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 3:21PM
See, you skipped over the entire east coast!! You've been in LA far too long, lol.

You're missing out on the infamous New England (noahped perhaps can testify to this), "Wicked" and "Whoa", terms to this day often slip out of my trap in excitement.

Eric381
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Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 3:32PM
Umm, yeah..."fuck off", lol.

Actually, funny that you mention this as "English", because Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols was known for saying this (amongst other explatives), lol.

Muttley
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Posted - Sep 28 2006 : 5:40PM
This could come in handy (as the actress said to the bishop) for our American friends.

[invalid URL removed]English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Enjoy. :)

imak
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Posted - Sep 28 2006 : 6:15PM
here's some that are regional

yins/yuns Pittsburgh for you/ya'll

Gum Band- Pittsburgh for rubber band
Sweeper- Pittsburgh for vacuum
buggy-shopping cart

yinser- some one in the Appalachians

oatmeal
Meat Popsicle

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Posted - Sep 28 2006 : 6:52PM
takin the piss
bob's yer uncle
good on ya
imak
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Posted - Sep 28 2006 : 7:09PM
whats bobs your uncle mean?
john thomas
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Posted - Sep 28 2006 : 7:49PM
A short lesson in British history: Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom thrice (1885-6, 1886-92, 1895-1902), the last member of the House of Lords to hold that office. He was an enthusiastic nepotist, appointing several of his relatives to offices of state, among them his young nephew Arthur Balfour, considered at the time a political dilettante (though he went on to succeed Salisbury as PM). This appointment gave rise to the phrase "Bob your uncle" meaning roughly "you've got it made". Today it is usually used at the end of a list of instructions (particularly a short list) to mean something like "and that's all there is to it"
imak
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Posted - Sep 28 2006 : 8:41PM
holy crap thanks

Just as a side note when total white trash Americans make a point of saying bloody to seem exotic I want to punch them

kierkegaard
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Posted - Sep 29 2006 : 4:58AM
Waxa.
Robbie
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Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 9:39AM
Am I bothered? Me, bothered?
oi oi savaloy!
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GODFATHER
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Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 9:19PM
I get outed as a geek all the time.
Raised on BBC television (shown on PBS stations here in the States, and A & E) I grew up with lots of Brit humor, movies, documentaries, etc...

I regularly say "Oh, bloody hell!" when I get pissed.

OR I'll call somebody "Fuckwit".

OR I'll say "Bugger off, you stupid sod!"

OR "You ignorant git"

OR instead saying 'get naked' or 'get undressed', I'll say 'drop kit'.

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